Splicing tool



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFECE.

WILLIAM J. CARPENTER, OF CROSS FLAINS, AND JAMES TEAGUE, OF BR Ql/VNWO'OD, TEXAS, ASSIGNORS 0F ONE-THIRD '10 CREE AND COMPANY, OF CBOSS ELAINE,

TEXAS.

S PLICING TOOL.

Application filed September 24, 1928. Serial No. 308,121.

Our present invention has reference to a cable splicing .device, and our primary object is the provision of a vise for this purpose that includes a standard which is mounted upon a support but is permitted to rotate on such support, the said standard having at its outer and, headed end a projecting needle and having at its sides laterally extending arms, together with a pivoted clamp that is swingable over the needle and designed to be adjustably connected to the arms and whereby the turning of the standard on its support will spread the strands of the operating cable after the same has been pierced by the needle so that the operator can remove the soft center or core therefrom for a desired length, and also who *eby the cable is rigidly held by the clamp to permit of the rolling in or tucking of the strands at the splice of the cable, and as'a result to produce a means whereby a wire cable can be spliced in an easier and more expeditious manner than with any other de vice tor the same purpose with which we are acquainted.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of our improvement.

Figure 2 is an end view thereof.

Figure 8 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure l is a sectional view approximately on the line ll of Figure l, the standard of the improvement being, however, supported in a different manner from that shown in said Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Figure 1.

lVire cables such as aroused in oil well industries must be spliced .i'rom time to time and the splice must be neatly made without loose ends which are liable to catch during the run period. A number of devices have been employed for splicing such cables but none of such devices to our knowledge ernploy a means for eiiectively clamping the cable to permit of the tucking in of the strands thereof and at the same time provide a means for opening or spreading the strands of the cable to permit of the remoral the sott'center or core therefrom, which, of course, necessary before the strands at the splice can be rolled in or tucked. Our improvement accomplishes both of these purposes and also provides a means whereby the cable can be spliced in a comparatively easy and expeditious manner.

Our improvement includes a tubular standard I. This standard is designed to receive therein or to pass through a support. in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, the support is in the nature of a pin 2 which is fixed in the grounder other supporting surface and enters the standard, while in Figure 4 the tubular standard enters an opening 3 in a floor or the like. stance, the standard is normally held vertical and is held from free turning, but is, of course, rotatable upon its support. The tubalar standard has its upper end flanged to provide the same with a head i and the said head being centrally to med with an extending needle 5. The needle, as disclosed by the drawings, gradually decreases in width from its connection with the head ito its pointed end and two of the opposite edges of the said needle are sharpened, as at 6.

Integrally formed on two oi the opposed sides of the standard 1, below the head 4-, there are plates 7, and these plates have their lower ends formed with rightangularly extending arms 8 which, adjacent to their outer ends are brought toward but out of contact with each other and have passed therethrough a pin 5). Pivot-ally secured, as at 10, between the upper and outer corners of the spaced plates 7 there are the inner and shorter arms 12 of the clamp 13. The outer arms of the clamp are indicated for distinction by the numerals 14,- and are ar ranged at rightangles with respect to the inner arms. The arms 14 are spaced away from each other for the greater portion oi their length but have their upper ends brought toward each other and receive therebetween and have pivoted thereto, as at 16, a bar 17 that is provided on one of its edges with spaced teeth 18, which, of course, provide depressions therebetween.

.As the process of splicing wire cables is so well known in the art it is believed a, detail description thereof will not be here required. The clamp is swung to the dotted line position in Figure 1 of the drawings and the needle is forced between the strands of the cable. Tlhe arms 8 are grasped. and

In each inthe standard is turned for approximately one-half their revolution which brings the widened and sharpened edges 6 of the needle between the strands of the cable to spread or support the same to permit of the operator obtaining access thereto for removing the soft center or core from the cable. When the core is removed and the strands of the splice are to be tucked in the clamp is swung to rigidly secure the cable on the head 4 of the standard 1 and the adjustable latching bar 17 has the notches between two of its teeth brought to engage with the pin 9 for the arms 8. In this manner it will be seen that the cable isrigidly held during the rolling in process. Also in this manner it will be noted that the necessity of employing a hand for holding the cable will be entirely dispensed with and that two hands can work from each side of the vise. i

The simplicity of our construction and the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly understood and appreciated so that further detailed description will not be required. Obviously we do not wish to be restricted to the precise details of construction herein setforth and, therefore, hold ourselves entitled to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of what we claim. Having described the invention, we claim: 1. A cable splicing vise, comprising a standard, a support therefor in which the standard is rotatable, said standard having its outer end formed with a head and a needle projecting from the head, laterally extending arms on the standard below the head, an angle clamp pivotally connected with the arms and swingable over the needle and head, and a pivoted latch carried by the clamp for adjustably securing the same to the arms.

2. -A cable splicing vice comprising a tubular standard, a. support therefor on which the standard may be rotated, a head on'the outer end of the standard, and a needle extending from the head, the said needle gradually decreasing in width from its inner to its outer pointed end, and having two of its faces flat and its edges sharpened, plates fixedly secured on the opposite sides of the standard below the head, arms projecting from the lower corners of the plates, and a pin connecting the arms at the outer ends WILLIAM J. CARPENTER. JAMES TEAGUE. 

